London?

Exar Khun

Hey,

Im heading to London tomorrow (yay!) and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to go see anything in relation to photography. Exhibits and so forth.
Thanks very much!

Fajitas!

Brace yourself for the heat over here tbh! A stuffy gallery is the last place you'll want to be!

If you're determined though, I quite like the National Portrait Gallery.

http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson.php

I haven't gotten around to seeing it yet, but the Gay Icons exhibition is supposed to be very good.

Anouilh

We took the boat from Westminster to Kew Gardens and it is a very nice way to spend a day:

http://wpsa.co.uk/

There are many buildings along the way that make good photos.

LimeFruitGum

Oooh just as well I saw this post. :-)

I'm actually heading over to London next Wednesday for a long weekend.
I'd be interested in getting some good quirky shots of the place while I'm there. I don't think anyone needs yet another meh pic of Big Ben ;-)
Any recommendations?
I'm staying with a friend in Brixton, but I'd have at least one day on my own to spend taking oodles of pictures.

silverside

The Photographer's Gallery is well worth a look, centrally located: http://www.photonet.org.uk/

Various museums and galleries allow photography (for example, the Saatchi Gallery which is excellent for contemporary art)

London is a photographer's paradise, I think - pick up a copy of Time Out, and start with a stroll along the river from Westminster to London Bridge along the South Bank.

I've put my London shots into a flickr collection:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bizboz/collections/72157621963538195/

Enjoy, and it would be nice to see your results.

SeanyMc22

Im actually headin over next wed too ha..
but im in the market for an slr..either a Nikon D60, Canon 450, Canon 40D are my choices so far..
anyone know of a good shop to buy in and around central london?

Fajitas!

Pop over to ApertureUK - Get the tube to Tottenham Court Road, head up New Oxford St, and take a left onto Museum St, it's on your right - Nice little cafe in there too. The chaps are quite nice.

http://www.apertureuk.com/

If you've settled on what you're going to buy, give them a phonecall before you go, make sure they have it in stock. There's a Jacobs and a Jessops on the way there too if you want to stop in there.

silverside

"London Camera Exchange" on Strand (near Embankment tube) are a small friendly shop and do reasonably good deals on cameras. Very central and much more knowledgeable than Jessops.

There is a small shop round the corner from the British Museum whose name escapes me now, he does very good deals on lenses, they don't have a showroom so you would want an idea of what you want before going in. I got a Canon 50mm 1.8 there for something like £65.

Fajitas!

Is that one in Pied Bull Sq? I think I know it - It's a bit off the beaten track if you don't know where you're going, it's just up from ApertureUK if you're going for a wander

LimeFruitGum

silverside wrote: »

I've put my London shots into a flickr collection:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bizboz/collections/72157621963538195/

Enjoy, and it would be nice to see your results.

I will indeed, thanks :-D

Jim Corr 2

The British museum is great, so it is